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Optimal intimacy/distance in the church

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The general concept of optimal intimacy/distance, when taken seriously at the descriptive level, can have positive significance for understanding and improving church life both at the practical and theoretical levels. Four areas of church life are discussed in relation to this concept. The concept does not explain, but it does illumine problems in a fresh way.

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  1. Princeton Theological Seminary, 08540, Princeton, New Jersey

    Seward Hiltner Ph. D. (Professor of Theology and Personality)

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His article was prepared for a special issue of the Dutch JournalPraktische Theologie honoring Professor Heije Faber and is reprinted with the permission of the editor, Dr. W. J. Berger.

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Hiltner, S. Optimal intimacy/distance in the church. Pastoral Psychol 26, 178–186 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01759740

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